Jason Chimera's path to the NHL saw the Edmonton native, born May 2, 1979, play his junior hockey with the Brandon Wheat Kings, followed by half a season with the Medicine Hat Tigers.

After being drafted by the Edmonton Oilers with their fifth pick in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft, Chimera waited for his shot with the parent NHL club by spending three seasons with the AHL's Hamilton Bulldogs. In 2001-2002, Chimera was named to the league's First All-Star Team after leading Hamilton in scoring with 77 points (26-51-77.

Coming off a solid season in the AHL, Chimera became a regular with the Oilers in 2002-03. Following a lock-out year in 2004-05, Chimera was acquired by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the early stages of the 2005-06 season after being acquired previously by the Phoenix Coyotes.

On the international stage, Chimera represented Canada at the 1999 World Junior Championship, and at the 2007, 2008, and 2014 World Championships.

Chimera was traded to the Washington Capitals on December 28, 2009 for Chris Clark and Milan Jurcina. With the Capitals, Chimera would establish himself as a steady two-way forward.

After seven seasons in Washington, which included a pair of 20-goal seasons, Chimera's time in the Capitals organization would come to an end. On July 1, 2016, as an unrestricted free agent, he signed with the New York Islanders.

In his first season with Islanders Chimera recorded the third 20-goal campaign of his career. He would fail to recapture that offensive production the following season however and at the 2018 NHL trade deadline the veteran winger was traded to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for Chris Wagner.

REGULAR SEASON

PLAYOFFS

Season

Club

League

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

+/-

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

1994-95

Edmonton Pats

AMHL

33

27

31

58

42

1995-96

Edmonton Pats

AMHL

34

23

24

47

44

1996-97

Medicine Hat Tigers

WHL

71

16

23

39

54

-10

4

0

1

1

4

1997-98

Medicine Hat Tigers

WHL

72

34

32

66

93

-34

1997-98

Hamilton Bulldogs

AHL

4

0

0

0

8

-2

1998-99

Medicine Hat Tigers

WHL

37

18

22

40

84

-12

1998-99

Canada

WJC-A

7

2

2

4

2

1998-99

Brandon Wheat Kings

WHL

21

14

12

26

32

-4

5

4

1

5

8

1999-00

Hamilton Bulldogs

AHL

78

15

13

28

77

-27

10

0

2

2

12

2000-01

Edmonton Oilers

NHL

1

0

0

0

0

0

2000-01

Hamilton Bulldogs

AHL

78

29

25

54

93

-14

2001-02

Edmonton Oilers

NHL

3

1

0

1

0

-3

2001-02

Hamilton Bulldogs

AHL

77

26

51

77

158

+28

15

4

6

10

10

2002-03

Edmonton Oilers

NHL

66

14

9

23

36

-2

2

0

2

2

0

2003-04

Edmonton Oilers

NHL

60

4

8

12

57

-1

2004-05

AS Varese Hockey

Italy

15

7

3

10

34

5

2

1

3

31

2005-06

Columbus Blue Jackets

NHL

80

17

13

30

95

-10

2006-07

Columbus Blue Jackets

NHL

82

15

21

36

91

+2

2006-07

Canada

WC-A

9

1

5

6

8

2007-08

Columbus Blue Jackets

NHL

81

14

17

31

98

-5

2007-08

Canada

WC-A

9

0

2

2

6

+3

2008-09

Columbus Blue Jackets

NHL

49

8

14

22

41

+8

4

0

1

1

2

2009-10

Columbus Blue Jackets

NHL

39

8

9

17

47

-7

2009-10

Washington Capitals

NHL

39

7

10

17

51

+6

7

1

2

3

2

2010-11

Washington Capitals

NHL

81

10

16

26

64

-10

9

2

2

4

2

2011-12

Washington Capitals

NHL

82

20

19

39

78

+4

14

4

3

7

6

2012-13

Pirati Chomutov

CzRep

5

1

0

1

10

2012-13

Washington Capitals

NHL

47

3

11

14

48

-5

7

1

2

3

4

2013-14

Washington Capitals

NHL

82

15

27

42

36

+4

2013-14

Canada

WC-A

7

1

2

3

0

+2

2014-15

Washington Capitals

NHL

77

7

12

19

51

-1

14

3

4

7

4

2015-16

Washington Capitals

NHL

82

20

20

40

22

0

12

1

1

2

12

2016-17

New York Islanders

NHL

82

20

13

33

40

+1

NHL Totals

1033

183

219

402

855

69

12

17

29

32

AHL First All-Star Team (2002)

Traded to Brandon (WHL) by Medicine Hat (WHL) for Justin Yeomans and future considerations, February 2, 1999.Traded to Phoenix by Edmonton with Edmonton's 3rd round pick (later traded to Carolina, later traded to NY Rangers - NY Rangers selected Billy Ryan) in 2004 NHL Draft for New Jersey's 2nd round pick (previously acquired, Edmonton selected Geoff Paukovich) in 2004 NHL Draft and Buffalo's 4th round pick (previously acquired, Edmonton selected Liam Reddox) in 2004 NHL Draft, June 26, 2004. Signed as a free agent by Varese (Italy), December 15, 2004. Traded to Columbus by Phoenix with Cale Hulse and Mike Rupp for Geoff Sanderson and Tim Jackman, October 8, 2005. Traded to Washington by Columbus for Chris Clark and Milan Jurcina, December 28, 2009. Signed as a free agent by Chomutov (CzRep), November 14, 2012. Signed as a free agent by NY Islanders, July 1, 2016.